The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
E. O. WILSONOf course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats.
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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It’s about conflicts between creation stories.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive.
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